The Donmar's new don

By announcing his departure from the Donmar Warehouse earlier this month, Michael Grandage has left open one of the plum jobs in British theatre – though, with cuts on their way, it is moot whether running a building will be quite as fun as it once was. Who will take over? Names being mentioned include Marianne Elliott, who is an associate director at the National Theatre and co-directed War Horse; Thea Sharrock, who cut her teeth when, aged 24, she became artistic director of Southwark Playhouse; and actor-director Sam West, who was Grandage's successor at Sheffield theatres.